अथ व्यवस्थितान्दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान् कपिध्वजः | प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसम्पाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः | हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते
atha vyavasthitāndṛṣṭvā dhārtarāṣṭrān kapidhvajaḥ . pravṛtte śastrasampāte dhanurudyamya pāṇḍavaḥ
哦，國王啊，此後，當武器準備就緒，戰鬥即將開始之際，般度（Pāṇḍu）之子（阿周那 Arjuna），其戰車旗幟上飾有哈奴曼（Hanumān）的標誌，看見德里塔拉施特拉（Dhṛtarāṣṭra）的軍隊已列陣完畢，便舉起他的弓，對赫利希凱沙（Hṛṣīkeśa，即奎師那 Kṛṣṇa）說了以下這番話。
O king, thereafter, seeing Dhrtarastra's men standing in their positions, when all the weapons were ready for action, the son of Pandu (Arjuna) who had the insignia of Hanuman of his chariot-flag, raising up his bow, said the following to Hrsikesa.
這是《薄伽梵歌》核心對話的開端，阿周那（Arjuna）在戰場上面臨道德困境，向他的導師奎師那（Kṛṣṇa）尋求指引。